5-2
Wisconsin’s expanded majority on the state supreme court was hard fought and well earned. Here’s what you need to know.
I believe in celebrating the wins. Wisconsinites got a big win this week when former Assemblywoman and Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Chris Taylor easily won her race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, expanding the court’s liberal majority to 5-2.
Liberal judges have won the last 4 statewide elections for these seats, and as The DownBallot points out, things “could get even worse for conservatives if they lose next year’s race to replace Justice Annette Ziegler, another conservative who has announced that she will not run again. If liberals score another pickup in April of 2027, the soonest that conservatives, who were in the majority from 2008 until 2023, could win back control would be 2033.” That’s huge.
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